Gregory Tsamblak
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Gregory Tsamblak (Bulgarian: Григорий Цамблак), (Ukrainian: Григорій Цамблак); (c.1365-1420) was a Bulgarian and Ukrainian writer and cleric, metropolitan of Kyiv between 1413 and 1420.
He was born in the capital of the Bulgarian Empire Tarnovo in a rich family. Tsamblak was a disciple of the prominent Bulgarian hesychast, writer and follower of Patriarch Evtimiy of Bulgaria. After the fall of Bulgaria under Ottoman domination following the Bulgarian-Ottoman Wars he emigrated first to Constantinople and then became presbyter of the Church of Wallachia and Moldavia until finally becoming metropolitan of Kyiv.
In 1409 Gregory Tsamblak came to Kyiv. Continued action of metropolitan of Kyiv Cyprians. In 1414 he became the metropolitan of Kyiv. Participated in Council of Constance and called for the agreement and church connections.
| Preceded by Cyprian, Metropolitan of Kyiv |
Metropolitan of Kyiv, Galychyna and All-Rus' 1414–1420 |
Succeeded by Photius, Metropolitan of Kyiv |
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